Every 5 years I build myself a monster that will last STRONG for 5 years until practically everything with a PC gets upgraded. This puts my last beast in the basement collecting dust. It was an asskicker in it's day but not compared to my new beast.......anyway.

My retired dad lives like he's in the '70's. I try to explain to him how lucky he is to have retired in the 21st century, especially when it comes to the internet which for him, is his God awful slow 17", 10+ year old laptop so Father's Day is soon approaching and I did not forsee the problems I am having.

I went down to the basement and reassembled my old beast which is easily 4 times faster than his 10+ year old laptop PLUS I want to introduce him to a 26" monitor so he can relax in bed AND enjoy the internet.

So I put it all together, plugged in MY 26" HD monitor to it and I got nothing. Not even a BIOS screen?!?! I'll try to post specs as best as I remember them, also there is no 2032 battery on the mobo.

AMD 955 CPURadeon 4890 w/1gig RAMWhen I had it, it powered both my 26" HD monitor and my 42" HDTVSoyo's SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra motherboard4 (2gig) sticks RAMANTEC 750 (only 1 year old)Was running an SSD which crapped out so it now uses a WD Green to run it's OS.

When I plug it into my own Samsung 26" HD monitor I use today it behaves like nothing is plugged into it. Again, no BIOS no nothing.

Any advice on where to begin would help greatly. Please do not waste any time on sarcasim as I need this put together by this Sunday, Father's Day.

I really thought this would be an easy bing-bang-boom just reassemble a rig that work so good for so long and buy my dad his own 26" HD monitor. Thanks in advance.

If you're referring to the CMOS battery, I would imagine it could though I've never tried running a mobo without the CMOS battery.

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Soyo's SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra motherboard

Something is askew here. You cannot have a 955 in the Soyo motherboard you mention. The sockets are different; plus, Soyo has been out of business for around 8 years - I'm guessing the motherboard could be 10 years-old. If you really are using a 955 with that motherboard, that's your problem right there.

It sounds like you have the know-how and experience in building computers. Go back to basics - disassemble the computer and re-build it like it was new; test as you go along. You'll figure it out. When you do, let us know.

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let alone the kt400 is an agp board, and you listed a pcie video card, which of course would not work. also you said you had an ssd hooked up to it, but that board only has pata connections, no sata. it has only three slots for memory and will only use 1gig ddr400 sticks. there is no way it would work with 2gig sticks in it.

Will my pc post if it has no hard drives connected to it?? All I want is a basic BIOS post.

Short answer: yes.Long answer: For a basic POST, you need CPU, mobo, RAM, PSU (graphics card IF there is no integrated graphics). Of course, a case and monitor too.

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My PSU is the newest part made by ANTEC, one of if not THE best PSU makers out there. 750 watt.

While I understand your affection for Antec, they did have a bad spell a few years back - I know because I received 3 bad PSUs. Also, in my experience, the PSU has the highest failure rate of any component, regardless of which manufacturer.

Its an old trick, but if you have a mechanical pencil, empty out the lead and (carefully) use the empty tip to straighten the pins. There's no guarantee it will work, but since you're giving up on the CPU already, it's worth a shot.

As I recall the Pins are on the processor with an AMD. Makes things a tad easier if that is the case. I just had someone bring down an old IBM ThinkPad that would not post until I replaced the CMOS battery, then had to set the clock. With out the battery, there are absolutely no BiOS settings.

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